Area(s) of Expertise

Wildlife Habitat Management, Avian Ecology, Forest and Urban Wildlife Ecology

Education

B.S. University of Georgia (1992)
M.S. University of Georgia (1995)
Ph.D. Clemson University (1999)

Research Interests

Global Change and Wildlife; Habitat Management for Wildlife; Urban Wildlife Ecology and Management; Native Plant Conservation

Courses

FW 404 – Forest Wildlife Management (Fall semester)
FOR 264 – Forest Wildlife (Summer Camp)
FW 405/505 – Tropical Wildlife Ecology in Nicaragua (Spring Semester Even Years)

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Publications

• Relative importance of social factors, conspecific density, and forest structure on space use by the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker: A new consideration for habitat restoration (2018)
• Setting an evolutionary trap: Could the hider strategy be maladaptive for white-tailed deer? (vol. 35, pg. 251, 2017) (2018)
• Invertebrate community response to coarse woody debris removal for bioenergy production from intensively managed forests (2018)
• Predictors of Bachman's Sparrow Occupancy at its Northern Range Limit (2018)
• Long-term herpetofaunal response to repeated fuel reduction treatments (2018)
• Reptile and amphibian response to season of burn in an upland hardwood forest (2018)
• Regenerating white pine (Pinus strobus) in the south: Seedling position is more important than herbivory protection (2017)
• Using landscape characteristics to predict distribution of temperate-breeding Canada geese (2017)
• Should we use the float test to quantify acorn viability? (2017)
• A Comparison of field methods to estimate Canada goose abundance (2017)

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